November 20, 2014 by thedustbiter. We have everything we need plus a little extra.

The PhD and Everything After. Your Dissertation Lit Review was a Waste of Time, and Other Lessons from the Service Economy. The last few posts have described my latest post-academic gig at a tech firm where I am paid hourly to do administrative work. The firm may be temporary too. Who can tell? Did it result in more business for the firm? That there won.

Misconceptions and Missed Opportunities - Leaving Academia. Sunday, June 7, 2015. The one that seems to have the most merit, at least, in terms of increasing earning power according to Harvard, is the MBA.

This blog was inspired by others who are writing about their transition out of academia or who have already left and feel a positive transformation. After ten years of academic life while pursuing my PhD and teaching in Higher Education in the UK, I too am part of the growing number of post-PhDs who have decided to find happiness outside of the University walls. This blog charts that journey. Thursday, 19 March 2015.

One part post-academic, one part post-evangelical, and a generous splash of feminist. The Case of the Disappearing Phone Interview. Nope, still no job. At the time I wrote my last no-job post. As I mentioned in my last post. I was recently in the exceedingly ironic position of hiring someone while unemployed myself. Our ideal candidate was someon.

Writing a dissertation is not like that. I thought I would graduate in December, and then in May, and now it is August. How is it any different than before? So how do I convince myself now that I really am almost done? Sunday night, 10 pm. After my initial complete meltdo.

Out of the flybottle, into the fire. So, I just came back to this blog after more than a year of not writing in it. A small group of people watching. Stay tuned! April 1, 2014. I quit a couple of days ago, and I feel better than I have in a long time! .